Date on Database: Writings 2000--2006 captures some of the freshest thinking from widely known and respected relational database pioneer C. J. Date. Date clearly and patiently explains where many of today's products and practices go wrong, and illustrates some of the trouble you can get into if you don't carefully think through your use of current database technology. In almost every field of endeavor, the writings of the founders and early leaders have had a profound effect. And now is your chance to read Date--while his material is fresh and the field is still young.